Drivers and trajectories of land cover change in East Africa: Human and environmental interactions from 6000 years ago to present

R Marchant, S Richer, O Boles, C Capitani… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
East African landscapes today are the result of the cumulative effects of climate and land-
use change over millennial timescales. In this review, we compile archaeological and …

High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests

A Cuni-Sanchez, MJP Sullivan, PJ Platts, SL Lewis… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Tropical forests store 40–50 per cent of terrestrial vegetation carbon. However, spatial
variations in aboveground live tree biomass carbon (AGC) stocks remain poorly understood …

Unveiling African rainforest composition and vulnerability to global change

M Réjou-Méchain, F Mortier, JF Bastin, G Cornu… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Africa is forecasted to experience large and rapid climate change and population growth
during the twenty-first century, which threatens the world's second largest rainforest …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between leaf area index and microclimate in tropical forest and oil palm plantation: Forest disturbance drives changes in microclimate

SR Hardwick, R Toumi, M Pfeifer, EC Turner… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2015 - Elsevier
Land use change is a major threat to biodiversity. One mechanism by which land use
change influences biodiversity and ecological processes is through changes in the local …

[HTML][HTML] How will the progressive global increase of arid areas affect population and land-use in the 21st century?

J Spinoni, P Barbosa, M Cherlet, G Forzieri… - Global and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the possible consequences of projected global warming is the progressive
enlargement of drylands. This study investigates to what extent population and land-use …

Diversity for Restoration (D4R): Guiding the selection of tree species and seed sources for climate‐resilient restoration of tropical forest landscapes

T Fremout, E Thomas, H Taedoumg… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
At the start of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030), the restoration of
degraded ecosystems is more than ever a global priority. Tree planting will make up a large …

On opportunities and challenges to conserve the African baobab under present and future climates in Benin (West Africa)

D Assogba, R Idohou, P Chirwa… - Journal of Arid …, 2022 - Elsevier
African baobab (Adansonia digitata) is an agroforestry species used by local people for
many purposes such as food, medicine, craft, etc. It is uncertain how climate change will …

A planetary health perspective on agroforestry in Sub-Saharan Africa

TS Rosenstock, IK Dawson, E Aynekulu, S Chomba… - One Earth, 2019 - cell.com
Human activities change the structure and function of the environment with cascading
impacts on human health, a concept known as" planetary health." Agroforestry—the …

Remotely sensed temperature and precipitation data improve species distribution modelling in the tropics

V Deblauwe, V Droissart, R Bose… - Global Ecology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Species distribution modelling typically relies completely or partially on climatic
variables as predictors, overlooking the fact that these are themselves predictions with …

Climate change and pastoralists: perceptions and adaptation in montane Kenya

A Cuni-Sanchez, P Omeny, M Pfeifer… - Climate and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Tropical montane forests are amongst the most threatened ecosystems by climate change.
However, little is known about climatic changes already observed in these montane areas in …